A panel at Index’s latest magazine launch discussed the Trump administration’s attacks on state-funded media, the legal establishment and academia
The rise of the American dissident
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Israel’s systematic war on Palestinian journalists is a war on press freedom everywhere
Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues from Al Jazeera were killed in a targeted attack because they refused to be silenced
The week in free expression: 2 – 8 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
From Hong Kong with hate
Someone is carrying out transnational repression of its exiled critics by post
Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group
Transnational repression (TNR) is on the rise globally, fuelled by rapidly evolving technology, global democratic-backsliding and the rise of authoritarianism and years of neglect by previous governments.
The week in free expression: 26 July – 1 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Free expression concerns over Online Safety Act’s age verification requirements
There are many questions around how age verification works in practise and what its consequences could be for our online speech
Zimbabwe: Emmerson Mnangagwa’s online stormtroopers target women who speak out
The Varakashi are using anonymous and fake accounts to mock, delegitimise and threaten opposition to the ruling ZANU PF party
How India’s comedians are paying the price for free speech
An incident in which Mumbai’s Habitat comedy club was vandalised by supporters of a local political group after Kunal Kamra made jokes about its leader is a worrying sign of the times
Shadow of Gaza conflict hangs over education
Schools and universities in the war zone have been destroyed. Attempts to write about it have been silenced